Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
Round Up: Lovely rise up the table, Karate debuts and hockey provides fireworks at KIUG 2021
Lovely Professional University made huge strides at the Khelo India University Games 2021, winning six medals  across three different sports to climb to third in the medal table. 101 different universities have made their presence felt on the medal table at the games, 46 nabbing at least one gold. Jain University are top of the heap with 25 medals .
The compound archery events came to an end at the range in Jain Global school today. Tanishdeep Singh won the men's event, in a tight final, edging Sagar Chopra 145-144. Tanishdeep had finished 14th in the qualification, and in a knockout performance for the ages, beat higher ranked opponents in every round en route to gold.
"The first day [qualification round ] was a bit windy and it took me some time to get my bearings at the venue. It affected me a bit, and that's why I had a medicore qualification," the Delhi University student said. "Every morning and night, my coach insists I meditate, I take some time out to internally analyse my performance and ask myself how I could be better. I decided to not be thrown by the conditions, my opponent or things outside my control. This clarity helped."
For Punjabi University's Kulwinder Singh — who had finished top of the individual qualification only to lose in the first knockout round — redemption came in the mixed team competition. Kulwinder and Prabhjot Kaur beat Rani Durgavati Vishwavidyalaya's Muskan Kirar and Chirag Vidyarthi to win gold.
Golden hour early in the morning, brought with it the first gold on the track, as Arif Ali left his fellow competitors far in the distance to win the men's 10,000m. Ali, a final year BA student at Jananayak Chandrashekhar University, won silver at the All India Inter University Championships 2021 — and bettered the meet record there.
In the absence of the Inter University gold medallist Adesh Yadav, Ali was the clear favourite for the event at KIUG 2021. He fulfilled that tag with aplomb, lapping all but the other two medallists en route gold. In the women's 10,000m Mangalore University's KM Laxmi set a new KIUG record  to win gold.
Karate, newly introduced at the Olympics, also made its debut at the Khelo University Games today. Jiwaji University nabbed their first gold at the games, courtesy Hrithik Banke in the men's individual kata. Lovely Professional University's Mesom won gold in the women's individual kata. The gold was Lovely Professional University's eighth at the games — they added another later in athletics — taking them to the lofty heights of third on the medal table.
Back at the athletics track in the evening, the men's discus produced one of the best performances at the games so far, the gold and silver medallists both breaking the previous KIUG record in the event. Lovely Professional University's Abhinav threw 54.46m to take gold.
Bangalore City University and Guru Nanak Dev University will face off in the men's hockey final. The game will be a repeat of their high octane encounter in the group stages —Bangalore City had won it 3-2.
In both semifinals today the teams were inseparable through regulation time, shootouts deciding the winners. While the first game between GNDU and Punjabi University ended goalless, the second was a high-scoring, exciting affair. Bangalore City unbeaten through the group stages, were taken the distance by the surprise package of the tournament — Savitribai Phule Pune University. In a pulsating shootout, the local team emerged winners and will play the final tomorrow.
Results 
ATHLETICS
Men
10,000m: 1. Arif Ali  30:26.40; 2. Rohit Yadav  31:33.11; 3. Harish  31:33.14.
Discus: 1. Abhinav  54.46m  51.54m; Pruthviraj Nalawade  49.04m.
400m hurdles: 1. Rohan Kamble  52.22; 2. Pravin Kumar  52.43; 3. S Surendar  52.45.
Women
10,000m: 1. KM Laxmi  35:49.23 ; 2. Bharti  36:20.25; 3. Badho  36:44.40.
400m hurdles: 1. R Arathi  59.10; 2. Pragyan Prasant Sahu  59.48; 3. Gudiya  1:00.09.
ARCHERY
Men's Compound
Final: Tanishdeep Singh  bt Sagar Chopra  145-144; Bronze medal: Hritik Sharma  bt Vikas Rajan  141-139.
Women's Compound
- Madhura Dhamangaonkar  bt Mahek Pathan  138-136; Bronze medal: Prabhjot Kaur  bt Raginee Markoo  142-139.
Mixed Compound: Final: Punjabi University  150 bt Rani Durgavati Vishwavidyalaya  148; Bronze medal: Ch Charan Singh University.
JUDO
Women
-78kg: 1. Maibam Devi ; 2. Jyoti Tokas ; 3. Manpreet Kaur , Sampada Phalke .
+78kg: 1. Tulika Maan ; 2. Apoorva Patil ; 3. Amisha Kale , Megha Sunny .
Men
-100kg: 1. Vishal ; 2. Ashish Malik ; 3. Ritik Kumar , Abhinav .
+100kg: 1. Vidhan Kumar ; 2. Lalit ; 3. Yash Ghangas , Jitesh Dagar .
FENCING
Women Foil Individual: 1. Riya Bakshi ; 2. VP Kanagalakshimi ; 3. Phamdom Anita Chanu , Kajal .
Women Epee Individual: 1. Haobam Linthoi ; 2. Chhavi Kohli ; 3. Sheetal Dalal .
Men Sabre Individual: 1. Abhay Krishana Shinde ; 2. Prince ; 3. Udhayveer Chandel , Dhananjay Jadhav .
KARATE
Men Kata Individual: Final: Hrithik Banke  24.82 bt S Sreehari  24.74; Bronze medal: Aba Sangdo , Roshan Yadav .
Women Kata Individual: Final: Mesom  24.32 bt Deia Urs  23.52; Bronze medal: PP Farshana , Priyanak Srinivasan .
Other Results
FOOTBALL
Women : Guru Nanak Dev University 1  bt Annamalai University 0; Vidyasagar University 1  bt Chaudhary Bansi Lal University 1  via penalty shootout .
HOCKEY
Men 
Guru Nanak Dev University 0  bt Punjabi University 0 ; Bangalore City University 2   bt Savitribai Phule Pune University 2  .
Women 
University of Mysore 2   bt Punjabi University 2  .
TENNIS
Mens : SRM University bt Gujarat University 2-0 ; Anna University bt Osmania University 2-1 .
Womens 
Osmania University bt Hemachandracharya North Gujarat University 2-0 ; University of Rajasthan bt Gujarat University 2-0 , 6-4, 6-1).
KABADDI
Men
Group A: University of Kota bt Veer Bahadur Singh University 43-38; Bansilal University bt Maharshi Dayanand University 37-25.
Group B: Guru Nanak Dev University bt Lovely Professional University 46-38.
Women
Group A: Savitribai Phule Pune University bt Bharti Vidyapeeth 42-39; Savitribai Phule Pune University bt Mother Teresa University 40-26.v
Group B: Mangalore University bt Guru Nanak Dev University 34-30; Maharshi Dayanand University bt Mangalore University 31-24.
TABLE TENNIS
Men's Team
Group A:
Chitkara University bt Adamas University 3-1 
VELS University bt Lakshmibai National Institute of Physical Education 3-2 
Group B: University of Mumbai bt SRM University 3-0 
Panjab University bt Lalit Narayan Mithila University 3-2 
Group C: Maharaja Krishakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University bt University of Madras 3-2

University of North Bengal bt Jamia Millia Islamia 3-0 
Group D: Punjabi University bt Mizoram University 3-2

Savitribai Phule Pune University bt Osmania University 3-2 
Women's Team
Group A: Lalit Narayan Mithila University bt Lovely Professional University 3-0 
SRM University bt University of Mumbai 3-0 
Group B: Panjab University bt ANNA University 3-1 .
Adamas University bt Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University 3-0
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Group C: University of North Bengal bt University of Allahabad 3-0 .
University of Madras bt University of Rajasthan by walkover
Group D: Jain University bt Jadavpur University 3-1 .